New life for the Balinese Room?

The historic Balinese Room that extended 160 feet into the Gulf before Hurricane Ike violently removed every trace is on the verge of being reincarnated at the same spot on the Galveston seawall. If a daunting series of regulatory hurdles can be overcome, a wider structure built in the same architectural style will stretch over the beach.

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A sign declaring that the site of the Balinese Room pier was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on the Seawall, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Galveston.